Word: freedom
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...fame so deathless? Because in youth he made one high resolve and carried it out. He came to this country in search of liberty of thought, and of speech. By that act he tied his name to the great love that lives in the human heart, the love of freedom. And when he came to die he started the great custom of giving his estate for the advancement of education. A stream of benefactions has followed that first gift of the sick young minister, a stream that is characteristic of the American belief in education. And a host of young...
...ideal class election is one which is attended by an overwhelming majority of the class; which excites a free discussion of the merits of the various candidates; and at which everyone shows his freedom from all previous affiliations, and casts his ballot for the man who seems to him best fitted to fill the office for which he has been nominated. Unfortunately, ideal elections are rare, but the practical obstacles are by no means insurmountable, and can be overcome gradually, if not at once...
...heartily welcomed; but more enduring in value would be a vigorous campaign, on the part of those interested in the Library, to put an end to the unexplained disappearance of books. The enjoyment of the Union Library is remarkably unrestricted, and for the benefit of those who appreciate its freedom it would seem best for the Union to ferret out and punish the offenders...
Freshmen at Harvard, said R. H. Oveson '05, are received by other undergraduates as in no other university. They are regarded as men among men, and as such it is their duty to respond with manly countesy. Class democracy consists in the freedom given to each member of the class to think and act according to his own desires and to make his own friends, and class unity in joining hands and making the class hang together as a whole...
...doubt about a course which is not within the adviser's department, he should go to one of the men connected with it. By following such a plan, he will learn to realize the true value of the elective system, and prove himself worthy of the freedom it allows...